January 30, 2020

China's relentless battle against the spreading novel coronavirus outbreak is likely to make marked progress by February 8, Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. 

Considered to have the longest incubation period of 14 days, the deadly virus has pushed China to swing into a national campaign to contain the disease. 

Wuhan, Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak implemented a lockdown on Thursday, which very much helped to contain further spread of the virus, Zeng said. 

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